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Tubal Ligation

Service/Procedure Summary

Tubal Ligation is also known as 'getting your tubes tied.' This operation is performed to block off a woman's fallopian tubes to prevent pregnancy.

Consult
Nova Scotia
90% of people served within ?
168 days
Surgery
Nova Scotia
90% of people served within ?
155 days
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Wait Times

90%

Community Facility Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
168 days
47 days
Amherst
Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre
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Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
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Bridgewater
South Shore Regional Hospital
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Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
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155 days
Halifax
IWK Health Centre
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Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
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North Sydney
Northside General Hospital
77 days
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Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
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Truro
Colchester East Hants Health Centre
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126 days
Yarmouth
Yarmouth Regional Hospital
---
93 days

Sometimes data is unavailable when it is not submitted to the Department of Health and Wellness, or there were a very small number of patients who recently received the procedure or service.

50%

Community Facility Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
163 days
23 days
Amherst
Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre
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Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
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Bridgewater
South Shore Regional Hospital
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Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
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120 days
Halifax
IWK Health Centre
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Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
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North Sydney
Northside General Hospital
32 days
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Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
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Truro
Colchester East Hants Health Centre
---
77 days
Yarmouth
Yarmouth Regional Hospital
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78 days

Sometimes data is unavailable when it is not submitted to the Department of Health and Wellness, or there were a very small number of patients who recently received the procedure or service.

Data Source: 
Patient Access Registry Nova Scotia (PAR NS)
Data Period: 
November 1 - January 31 2019
Data Period: 
Next Update: 
March 2019

Wait Times by Surgeon

90%

Surgeon Community Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Michael Osasere
North Sydney
27 days
103 days
Leslie Houck
Yarmouth
84 days
69 days
Natheniel Abutu
Yarmouth
50 days
105 days
Cheryl Pugh
Bridgewater
111 days
56 days
Manivasan Moodley
Sydney
101 days
98 days
Fazil Okuboyejo
New Glasgow
153 days
67 days
Nicholas Paul Clague
Truro
111 days
159 days
Changulanda Joshi
New Glasgow
168 days
114 days
Philip Pink
Truro
133 days
159 days
Erin MacLellan
Sydney
230 days
148 days
Michael W Rudd
Kentville
321 days
274 days
Gregory Tynski
Kentville
439 days
182 days
Anushuya Kasi
Sydney
---
124 days
Barbara M Parish
Halifax
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Channabasav Shettar
Yarmouth
---
156 days
David Rittenberg
Halifax
---
---
Dawn C Edgar
Antigonish
---
426 days
Farrell Nette
Kentville
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Heather Thompson
Amherst
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Helen Sandland
Amherst
---
---
Louai Jony
Truro
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Melissa Brooks
Halifax
---
---
Nancy Ann Van eyk
Halifax
---
---
Winifred W Lee
Dartmouth
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144 days

Sometimes data is unavailable when it is not submitted to the Department of Health and Wellness, or there were a very small number of patients who recently received the procedure or service.

50%

Surgeon Community Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Michael Osasere
North Sydney
13 days
42 days
Fazil Okuboyejo
New Glasgow
50 days
25 days
Manivasan Moodley
Sydney
25 days
51 days
Leslie Houck
Yarmouth
51 days
58 days
Natheniel Abutu
Yarmouth
38 days
78 days
Cheryl Pugh
Bridgewater
84 days
40 days
Philip Pink
Truro
78 days
85 days
Erin MacLellan
Sydney
92 days
83 days
Nicholas Paul Clague
Truro
80 days
104 days
Changulanda Joshi
New Glasgow
132 days
65 days
Gregory Tynski
Kentville
231 days
106 days
Michael W Rudd
Kentville
204 days
190 days
Anushuya Kasi
Sydney
---
73 days
Barbara M Parish
Halifax
---
---
Channabasav Shettar
Yarmouth
---
110 days
David Rittenberg
Halifax
---
---
Dawn C Edgar
Antigonish
---
364 days
Farrell Nette
Kentville
---
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Heather Thompson
Amherst
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Helen Sandland
Amherst
---
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Louai Jony
Truro
---
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Melissa Brooks
Halifax
---
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Nancy Ann Van eyk
Halifax
---
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Winifred W Lee
Dartmouth
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81 days

Sometimes data is unavailable when it is not submitted to the Department of Health and Wellness, or there were a very small number of patients who recently received the procedure or service.

Data Source: 
Patient Access Registry Nova Scotia (PAR NS)
Data Period: 
February 1 2018 - January 31 2019
Next Update: 
March 2019
Disclaimer: Hospitals and clinics across the province provide all wait time information displayed on this website. Wait times are based on historical data and do not include emergency priority cases. Current wait times experienced by some patients may be different.

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